St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-24
VERMONT NEWS.

A landslide is reported at Pawlet
near the Brownell slate quarry, which
carried down derricks and other prop
erty and it will require $4,000 to repair
the damage.
The Rutland one cent daily newspa-
per died an easy death after few
weeks existence in this cruel world
The price was advertised as novelty
in Vermont journalism, it being the
only One-cent daily ever published in
the state.
Warren Houghton, Putney labor
err, was found dead on the road about
half mile from that village Friday
morning. He is supposed to have
been killed by falling from his horse
while riding to his brothers house
Thursday night.
Eight suits are pending against the
Central Vermont railroad, brought by
parties who had sustained injuries at
the Hartford disaster last February
These suits are all returnable in BOs-
ton, with probable chance of trial in
January, 1888.
The next, which is the forty fourth,
session of the Vermont conference will
be held April IL, 1888, under the presi-
dency of Bishop Randolph S. Foster,
D. D., LII. d. The place has not yet
been decided on, but probably it will
be held at West Randolph.
The sale of the Ely copper mines at
auction by the receiver, set for the
10th at West Fairlee, was adjourned to
January 10. The property includes
1900 acres of land, extensive smelling
furnaces and a large amount of ma
chinery valued at ST. 100000. 1t will
probably sell for less than 100000.
The extensive machine shop works
of the Jones & LamsOn company of
Bellows Falls will be removed from
Windsor to Springfield, Adna Brown,
of that place having secured control of
the stock of $4,000, which will imme-
diately be increased to 100000, and
extensive shops be erected at once.
The company own valuable land pa
tents and manufacture iron working
machinery.
Jack Zero. a Swanton arm-hand, is
missing, and a case of foul play is sus-
pected. He was last seen with drunk
en- companions over a week ago, walk
ing through the lonely marshes along
Maquam bay. This path has been ex-
plored, his coat found, also a spot
where p fierce struggle must have TAX
en- place. 1t is believed he was MUIR
dered and thrown into the creek. His
companions are at work in their old
places, and profess to know nothing
about JerO's whereabouts.
Frank o. Parkhurst, young man Is
years of age, Sunday was found dead
i'm his room at the BOmOseen house,
CastletOn. He took his life with lau
danum, though chloroform and a re-
volver were beside him. He was IL son
of G.. A. Parkhurst, a bOOk-keeper of
Rutland, and ran away from home
September 4, 1886, since which he has
not been seen or heard from until
found dead at Castleton, an adjoining
town. He had on the suit he wore
when he went away and that and his
shoes did not show signs of hard wear.
No tidings have as yet been received
of the missing town treasurer, William
p. Bigelow of BroOktield, who SO mys
teriOusly disappeared three weeks ago.
He was last seen by a business acquain-
lance in Lowell, Mass. His bondsmen
have carefully investigated his ac-
counts, and they have been found cor
rect in every particular. 1t is learned
that he had in his possession at the
time he went away nearly 1000 in bills.
1t is thought that he may have com
mitted suicide while suffering from
temporary mental alteration.